Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Wheel-Lock Hunting Rifle
The decoration on the stock with mounted hunters dashing after a lion, rabbits, wild boar, fox, and even a mythical unicorn is skillfully adapted to the contour of the rifle. The materials contribute to the elegance of the piece: delicate mother-of-pearl set into walnut which is stained to look like expensive and exotic ebony wood. The decoration is similar to that on rifles from Nuremberg attributed to the master known (because of his motifs) as the "Master of the Castles."
Provenance
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Thewalt; Sale, Cologne, 1903, no. 1692; Henry Griffith Keasbey, New York [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Sale, American Art Association, New York, December 5, 1924, no. 263; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Germany, Nuremberg (Place of Origin)
Measurements
36 5/8 in. (93 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1924
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.433